Elamitischer Ziegel mit königlicher Inschrift
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AR1907
| Object: | Elamite brick from the ziggurat of Choga Zanbil |
| Material: | Baked clay. Glazed. |
| Dimensions: | 220mm x 80mm x 90mm. Massive. |
| Findspot: | Probably from a wall of the ziggurat of Choga Zanbil, ancient Dur-Untash, in modern Iran. |
| Period: | Approx. 1260 BC to 1235 BC, rule of the elamite king Untash-Napirisha. |
| Description: | Elamite brick from the ziggurat of Choga Zanbil with published royal inscription. Rectangular brick with five plane sides and one side with elamite inscription. I, Untash-Napirisha, son of Humban-numena, king of Anshan and Susa, wanted to prolong my life and my good reign, and to avoid any discontinuity of my prosperous (royal) line, therefore I built this temple of baked bricks, and the high temple of glazed bricks. I gave it to the god Inshushinak of (the temple) Siyankuk (Temple-protection). I consecrated the temple tower (ziggurat). What I made and created, has been given by me as a gift to the god Inshushinak.[cf. Potts, The Archaeology of Elam, S. 209f]. |
| Condition: | Almost complete fragment. Broken in the middle and restored. Nice example of a brick from the Choga Zanbil ziggurat. |
| References: | Olof Pedersén, Ancient Near Eastern Objects with Cuneiform Inscriptions, Part II, Elamite and Neo-Babylonian Royal Inscriptions. (Stockholm, 1994). S. 4f, Tafel 1. Medelhavsmuseet - Mittelmeermuseum Stockholm, Inv.nr. MM 1977:023a Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, USA, Inv.nr. HMA 9-05644 The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Inv.nr. 66.15.4. |
| Literature: | Daniel T. Potts, The Archaeology of Elam: Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State (Cambridge World Archaeology), Seite 209ff. M. J. Steve, Tchoga Zanbil (Dur-Untash), Textes Élamites et Accadiens, Mémoires de la Délégation Archéologique en Iran. Multiple volumes!(Geuthner, 1967). |
| Provenience: | Acquired in 2014 from the Swiss private collection of A. Schmidt. Before that Galery Alte Roemer (same item number). Acquired by us (A.R.) in an auction house 2012. In an austrian private collection before. Acquired in the 1960ies. |
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